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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-10-15
AUCTION SALES.
BY Green & Wise, Auctioneers.

DY VIRTUE OF DECSEE of the Corporation
C Court of the city of Alexandria, Va, rendered
at lis September term, 1880, in the cause OF Dan
iel w Griffith VS.. Kinsay Griffith ct al, the IN
dersgned, special commissioner therein named.
will offer for sale by public auction, in front OF
the entrance to tho Court room, Fairfax street,
on SATURDAY, the 18th day of November, 1857.
as . o'clock m. the following property, to Wit :
No. IA LOT OF GROUND, beginning 10
feet 3 inches from The corner OF Union and King
streets; thence west with King street ~ feet
inches to tho centre OF tho square, thence south
JIG feet to 20 feet alley thence east on tho al
ley 30 feet inches; thence north By astraigh1
line 10 the beginning
No. "A LOT OF GROUND and IMPROVE
MENTS adjoining the property of d. Mcleod, be-
ginniog ut the western intersection Of McLeod,a
line ,eith King strect thence back with Mcleod 5
line 11G feet to 20 feet alley thence with The
slley wcstwardly 24 feet; thence with a line
parallel to first line to King street. thence with
King street TO tho beginning
No. ga LOT OF GROUND. commonly called
The COAL YARD LOTT commencing OIL King
street about Ga y feet cast of tho corner of Loo
street fronting say G6 feet on King street and
running back JIG or III feet to q 20 feet alley.
Terms of Sale Cash enough to pay costs of suit
and the expenses of sale, and the residue on p
credit of six twelve and eighteen months, with
interest from day of SALE taking bonds, With COCO
personal security and retaining title TO sccuro de-
ferred payments. CHARLES L. STUART,
oct15 cots Special Commissioner.
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He SAWS they will leave

omn about them. He says they will leave
Richuond for this city Sunday night in
charge OF Marshal colt, Of the eastern dis.
trio;, of VIRGINIA, and be in the U. s. Su-
meme Court room by noon on Monday.
/ 5The committee on the route of the pro-
nosed Mount Vernon Avenue joined the sur
veyors this morning at the south end OF the
A0ue6uct bridge, and accompanied them on
foot over the route to Alexandria.
A gentleman just here from Ohio says that
Senator Sherman, who had intended to go
TO the colored fair OF North Carolina with
General Malone and mako speech there,
has been compelled to abandon that trip on
account OF the inroads the revenue tariff has
made into the republicans of his State, and
also because Gov. Foraker has weakened
his party By his bloody shirt speeches and
his harping upon the the snub he received
at the hands of the Presidents wife.
Ex-senator Warner Miller, of New YORK,
has been invited TO join General Mahone IN
his proposed visit to the colored State fair OF
North Carolina, but people from his State
say it is doubtful if he will accept, and that
the treatment he has received from the re-
publicaDs of bis own State has tended in no
small degree to cool his partisan activity,
and that such Of it as he will display here
after will be induced solely by his desire to
retain the high duty on wood pulp, in the
manufacture Of which he is heavily inter
ested.
Tho yellow fever has reached such e stage and
is spreading so rapidly in Florida that the Gov
ernor of that state has tccgraphed to the admin
istration here for assistance.
Representative Lee, of the Alexandria district
made the round of tho departments here to-day
trying to get places for some OF his many constit
uents who want them
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TO.DAY.s TELEGRApzEIC NEWS.
Attempt TO Wreck the Presidential
g,rnIn

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. 15.-When the
pilot train preceding the Presidential train
arrived OF O trestle between Bonneville
and Joneaboro, Ark, yesterday morning,
the engineer discovered the treste to DO on
fire. He did not make the discovery until
it was too late to stop tho train before the
engine had passed over the burning portion.
AS soon as possible ne backed the train Gil
the trestle and jumped down TO examine
the fire. He found that a section about ten
feet square was il flames and thas the hre
had been started on the under side of the
timbers. The engineer ard all the resi- cl
of the trainmen with the help o. some OF the
passengers, succeeded in putting OUT Inc
fire, when it was discovered that the flames
had not eaten dangerously far into The WOOD
and the trastle was still safe for the passage
of trains. Had the train been ten minutes
later, however, there might have beer
another ChatsWorth horror to chronicle.
Ners staff correspondent who happened to
be ON the train made a careful examination
of the burned timGers which gave unmis-
takeabe evidence Of an attempt at train
wreckng. The f7s was started on The I'M
der side of the cross ties in such Il manner
that there can be no possible belief that
sparks were the ceuse OF it, Then, too, the
fire was certainly set TO more than one tie
ct time, for it could not have jumped from
one TO another without burning The sides OF
the timber more than it did. The conc'u-
; sion is almost Irresistible that somebody had
applied torch to at least eight or nino OF
the timbers.
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

The Shenandoah Valley fair closed ut
Winchester yesterday.
A factory for manufacturing porpoise oil
will be established on Chincoteague Island
at an early date.
Dir. Grandson F. Marks, one of the old
eat citizens tof Petersburg, died Thursday
night after protracted illness.
On the barn of Mr.. Benjamin Jacobs,
burned last week near Winchester, the Lou
doun Mutual Insurance Company had q risk
of 81 600.
Gen. Thomas Ewing has been elected
president of the Atlantic and Danville Rail-
road, work on which is being vigorously
prosecuted.
The young lady of Prince Edward county
who, it is announced, will be married on the
fair grounds at the approaching State fair
at Richmond will be given away by Govern
or Lee.
Among the cases disposed of in the Cir
cult Court of Albemarle county this week
was that of Durrett vs. the Virginia Mic
land railroad-damages for bridge over
the road The jury rendered verdict for
the plaintiff.
Marshal NichoI, Of the United States Su-
preme Court, reached Richmond yesterday
evening with the writ OF habeas corpus in
the cases of Attorney General Ayers and
Commonwealth Attorneys Scott end Nc.
Cabe. This paper was delivered to Marshal
Scott, of Judge Bonds court. who released
the prisoners from Jail upon their parole.
OF course he did 50 upon his own response
biity. The prisoners will leave Richmond
for Washington tomorrow in custody of the
United State marshal to present themselves
in person to the Sureme Court on Monday
The feature of The fair of the Virginia
| Agricultural and Industrial Association,
colcred, at Petersburg yesterday was the
address of Gov. Lse who said that since
he had held office ne had tried TO
admin:ster the laws of The State impair
TALLY, and that as long as he was the chief
executive OF the State the law should be ad
ministered impartialy with regard 10
white and black alike. He spoke Of the
promptness with which the colored military
had always responded whenever called out
to the aid of Virginia. In conclusion. lie
said that he would do all in his power to
promote the interests of tho colored race oi
the State, and that thsy could always COM
maud his services
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NExya <hE TuE DAY

There we're one hundred and eighty.two
business failures in the United States the
past week.
The designer Of the successful Volunteer
is receiving numerous orders from would-be
yacht owners.
The transfer Of the B. & O. telegraph lines
to the Western Union management is to
take place al - o'clock tonight.
It is estimated that the crop Of cotton in
the United States for 1887 and 1883 will
amount to 6,550,000 bales, IS against 65O5,
600 bales for last season.
The fifth gamo for the base ball champion
ship between the Detroit and st. Louis clubs,
played at Brooklyn yesterday, was won by
the st. Louis by score of to
The jury in the case of Walter L. Kilton,
tried at Baltimore, for felonious assault upon
Miss Henrietta S. Powell, last 4:h of July,
who went out last Thursday evening sent
word to Judge Daffey at 10 O'Clock yester-
day morning that there was no prospect of
agreement.
Sir John Swinburne, Mr.. HALEY Stewart,
and Mr.. o. Y. Morgan, members ofthe Eng
lish House of Commons, arrived in New
York yesterday from England. They come
to propose q treaty between the United
States and Great Britain under which the
two governments shall agree to refer to ar
bitration any dispute which cannot be set
tied by lhe ordinary course of diplomacy.
A London dispatch says Mrs. Hughes
Hallett has addressed an appeal to the con-
sentative committee of Rochester asking
them not to call upon her husband TO resign
his seat in Parliament. She says that she,
best knowing the facts, sees her way clear
to condone her husbands offense and the
electors should do SO also. She offers to
visit personally all of her husbands sup
porters. The committee has sent sympa-
thetic response. but does net favor her pro.
posal to visit the electors.
A meeting of sympathizers with the Chi.
cago anarchists who are under sentence OF
death was held at Finsbury, England, yes
terday evening. Stepruck and Prince Pra-
potkine, the Russian anarchist, addressed
the meeting. The latter made fiery
speech, in which he declared that 1.-THE con
demned men were hanged their comrades
would be fully justified in wreaking ven.
geance upon those who were responsible for
their death.
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More Es. s. a. z. r. Accidents.

TIFFlN, Ohio. Oct 15,.-bt a late hour
last night IL cars Of west:bouud freight
on the Baltimore aud Ohio were piled in 8
chaotic mass at the Pennsylvania crossing
in this city and five of them were demolsh
cd. This delayed all trains for soma time.
Scarcely was the tract; ccGr when another
freight attempted to run on the main and
side track al tho same time aod deraied
the engine anti several cars. The wseckins
train, while en- route To this city from
Garrett, killed man at Deshler, and g por'
ton of his skull aud brains were found on
one Of the cars after their arrival hero.
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AUCTION SALES.
SALE

BY virtue of decree of tho Circuit Court FOR
the county OF Fairfax. made at lis November
term, 1855, in the case OF Pr:charts administra.
tor against Burdett skinner. the undcrs gncd
commissioners, will sell at public sale at h front
docr Of Fairfax Court House. or MONDAY. the
18th day of October, 1887 Court day the follow.
ing described property:
The TRACT OF LAND upon which Burlttt
Skinner resided on the 18th day OF Novcmb. r..
1883, at which time it was purchased IS Gcorgo
f Ssngster, aud contsins SIXTY ACRES, with
the DWELLING HOUSE of five rooms and other
improvements.
Tho above tract of land lies 2 short distance he
low Fairfax station. There is depot ca the Viz
GINA Midland Railroad about 800 yards rosn Tie
dwelling, which renders it easily accessible Ia the
cities of Washington AID A!exandria.
Terms of Sale: Cash; bat these terms msy b.
changed to suit the convenience of tho purchaser
Sale to take place between II aud - O'clock.
II. ". THOMAS, Commis
TIIOS. MOORE, of
sep1G twts THOS z. LOVE. Sale.
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Col FRED. GRANT, the head of tho re-
publican ticket in New York, when at West
Point, wasso opposed to the equality Of thu
negro that he ia we'll remembered as one o!
those who made life there any thing else than
pleasant to his two OF three colored fellow
cadets. Now that his election depends in
great degree upon the support of the re
groes of his State, no attempts to deny his
former evidences Of aniipalhy for them, but
thoee evidences arc of too recent dase to
he forgotten. But for all this, in Now York,
us in Virginia. the republican ticket will re
ceive the solid negro vote.
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THE LEHIGH coal ring, though it ha;
raised the price of coal, has refused to in
crease the wages Of the coal miners. Nom
inally there is 10 duty on anthracite coal
but in reality there is, as the duty OF sew
enty five cents ton on soft, necessarily at
taches itself to hard, coal. AS the tariifpro
hibits the importation Of coal, The Treasury
il not benefited by it. The coal ring
therefore, alone profits by the tariff, but the
men it employs do not. while the public, TIC
coal consumers of this country, nine-tentbs
of whom are poor people, pay the entire
cost of that profit.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence OF tho Alexa. GAzE1rEl
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct. Is. 1887.


WASHINGTON. d. c.. Oct. Is. 1887.
At last uighl's meeting OF the Virginia
democratic association OF this city the COM
mittee on collection reported that they had
collected $169 for the Virginia campaign
fund, and committee was appointed to pre-
sent protest to the full civil service COM
mission against the recent order OF Mr..
Oberly, chief of that commission, excluding
federal offceholders from the membership
of political clubs or associations. Judge
Goolrick, OF the Postclfice Department,
made speech, In which he said he did not
intend to withdraw from the association in
consequence of the order referred 10. Mr.
McCandlish, who had just returned from the
Peninsula OF Virginia, reported that demo-
cratic prospects were bright In that section,
and that strong hopes were entertained Of
gains o. some of the counties there, owiDg;o
republican dissentions.
Senator Ransom is here to-day getting q
little patronage for distribution among his
people, He says the democracy OF his Stats
is in good condition. He will leave hero Oh
his return in time 10 be in Asheville on the
21st, when the President will be there.
Mrs Hendricks arrived here yesterday.
She is stopping at the home of her relative,
the widow of Mr.. Niles, who died few
uays' SSo anu WHOSE tuneTai sue caWe OH w
attend.
Mr. Nicholay, the marshal of the U. S.
Supreme Court, who took the writ of habeas
corpus in the case of Attorney Generul
Ayers and Commonwealth attorneys Scott
and McCabe to Richmond, returned last
night. He says the prisoners were released
on parole soon after he arrived there, but
that they seemed to have Jared better in
Jail than most people do out of it, and that
ne could ses nothing of patriotic martyr
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A HoAX.-On tho way TO Memphis yesterday
the President expressed ~ish to stop at MARI;
Tree, Ark, in compliance with quaint invita-
ton BIO received signed Dave Hawkins. 1t prom
iscd hearty and novel reception. representing
tho Wild West, which, it said, would be an enjoy
able change from the grand paradcs with music,
which had boon his experience thus far. "Bill
West" the letter continued, ''is hustlng to get all
his hunting equipments 10 make display to meet
your observation. If the train docs not stop at
our station, please let US have glimpse of you,
for Presidents seldom come through these parts"
Mark Treo proved a fraud. A wooden station
house. q half.dozcn shantes, bridge and scorc
of opan-mouthod natives woro the only signs of
inhabitants and neither Dave Hawkins nor Bill
West wore recognized.
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Ex CONGRESSMAN ]. 4. Tucker says there
should be a national anti poiygamy law.
and that under that law Utah should be al
Riltetl as o State into the Union. Congress
has no more right to pass an anti polygamy
than an anti liquor law. And the more in
reference the nation has With the States, the
worse for both. IF Utah hare the required
qualifications for Statehood, it should be adj
miLted as all other States have been. Mod
crn civilization is against polygomy, and to
the natural operation OF that civilization
and acknowledgements upon the spirit oitho
Constitution, should be left its eradication in
ITtah
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FRED. DOUGLASS, in speech no made in
Washington last night, said These slavo-
holders of the South are still powerful.
They have control of the great democratic
party" There is no doubt of the fact that
the South supplies most of the effective
strength of the democratic party, but that
il controls that party, as it should do, is
what no reasonable man Can be made to
believe.
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The President on His Travels.

MEMPHIS, Oct. 15.-1'he Presidential party
arrived here to-day snd were received
with intense enthusiasm The welcoming
address was delivered by Judge II. T. Ellst
aud was responded to by the President in u
short speech Judge H. T. Ellet died on
the stand before the ceremonies were con-
pleted.
MOUNTAIN GROVE. NO, Oct. 15.-Great
preparations were mado here yesterday
morning to salute the Presidents train as it
passed through ct 40 O'Clock. Just De-
fore the arrival Of tho train fruit jar iilled
with powder exploded, fatally injuT!ng two
young men named Beckwith and Clark
Tue train did not stop and tho party pass
ed on ignorant Of the SAD accident.
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PROPOSALS.
DRopOSALs.

Alexandria, Va, Del. Z, 1887.
Sealed proposals will be received up to the 18th
instant for furnishing $50 CORDS OF MER-
CHARITABLE PINE WOOD, delivered at tie
corporation wharf, on the Union street track, or
at tho W., O. & W. z. r. depot
Wood to be delivered by the 1st of December,
1887.
And proposals will also be received for hauling,
piling and delivering the same.
Bids will be opened at the Auditors Office
TUESDAY October 49, 1887. st 8 o'clock p. m.
By crdc5 of tho Committee on Poor.
oc7-tl GEO. w. FISHER, Chairman.
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MR. RIDDLEBERGER, who was in the Sen
ate with General Malone, Gays the General
was opposed to the Blair bill. Mr.. Elan
saws that statement is untrue and SANDER
Gus. You pay your money and take your
choice. But as Mr.. Sherman is General
Mahone's lavorile for the next Presidency,
and as Mr.. Sherman WIS opposed to the
Blair bill, the weight of testimony is on the
side of Mr.. Rddleberger.
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ALEX ANDRJA-
SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER IS.
The FALLEN Tirqinian says:

THE Tdltey tar9lhadh saSs'
Zone thing is as certain as anythlae H.
tho future can be, and that Is INV. our W.
chairman Malone will never again .i W
cmpowered to represent Virginia IN tne
TInit,d States Senate, whether the repuoli'
csr ma. or democrats have majority in the
next Legislature. No candidate will Dare
To- make his canvass in behalf of our chair
man as the next senator, and this fact ought
to satisfy aay reasonable man that it is suit
cidai for his friends to make support OF MN
the test of political orthodoxy, and inslnua'e
infdcljty to party duty against any one VINO
is not willing to worship at his feet and ac
cept him, with oil his glarlng faults, as me
sole embodiment Of the republicanism oil
Virginia"
If the Virginian be sincere in this expires
sion of its opinion. and we have no reason
to doubt that it is, it should by all means
advocate the election of the democratic
candidates for the legislature, for If the re
publicans secure majority in that body,
nothing, that has not already happened, is
surer than the fact that General Malone
will be the next U. S. Senator from Virgin
ia. His friends will have majority of the
republican majority, and his method"
will soon bring the minority to terms.
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In the Court in General Term. in Wash
ington yesterday. the case of Hill against
Harlow was heard The bill is to restrain
the defendants from using strip of 81 feet
of certain lots Oil H street, between 18th aud
18th streets, and was filed in September
1885. In the court below perpetual in
junction was awarded, and an appeal taken.
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DUBLIC SALE.

SPLENDID FISHING oUTFIT-7oO fatho,ns
of Seine, Corks, Capstans, Boats Oars, Anchors
Water Buckets, Shovols. Stoves. PGmp and Hose,
a large lot OF Cabin Furniture aud all the usual
apparatus used by fishermen at the TUMP
FARM, on AQUA CREEK, in Stafford county,
Va, lsho,t ride from Brooke stationl NOVEMBER
1st 1887, ut - o'clock m. For information APP
ply to w. S. WHITE, or LITTLE 6i LITTLE, At
torncYs. Fredericksburg, Va. octl5 I'd
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By Green & Wise. Auctioneers.

DY VIRTUE OF a decree of the Corr, ration
d Cour. OF the city OF Alexandria, rendered on
the 18th day of September 1887, N the chancey
cause therein depending wherein George Young
is complainant AID Ii. Lnnt administntor ana
others sre defendants, the undersigned c,m.
missioner therein named will on SATURD y g..
November 9TH, 1887, at IL O'Clock III. at thc
Fairfax street entrance to the Corporation Court
room, expose for sale at pubic auction, the fol-
lowing property, viz: All that LOT OF GROUND
with tho buildings aud Improvements therYn,
No. 212 (old number King street. situate on The
south side of sait street, between Columbus auG
Alfred streets, fronting 81 feet on King street
and extending back southwa:dy with the same
width as the front 100 feet, with all the rights,
privileges ard easements to the same belonging
or in :.nywise appcrtaining.
Terms of sale-Cash sufficient to pay the costs
of this suit tia. is to say less than 500, and the
re.iduc III four equal payments at e. ~, Is and
"a months; the deferred payments to be secured
by the notes OF tho purchaser with personal e.
curty md to haag interest rom date Of sale.
GEO. 4. MUSHBACH,
Commissioner of sale.
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Execution ora Murderer.

DALLAS Tex, Oct. 1G.-RObcrt Giles colored,
was hanged yesterday afternoon for the murder OF
Albert Williams, also colored. Giles declared that
hcprayed daily for the jury that convicted him.
He confessed his guilt on tho scahold.
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Look out for counterfcits Sc that you
get the genuine DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup
Do not let the dealer sell you some lust
as goodn but insist upon getting the genuine
with the Bulls Head trademark On The
wrapper.
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PROPOSALS..

Alexandria, Va. Get T. 1887.
Sealed proposals will be received up to the 18th
instant from the groccrs of tho city for supplying
the poor of the different wards with the following:
Super Flour, per pound.
Meal, per peck.
Coffee green per POUND.
Tea, per onncc.
Sugar, per pound.
Smoked Bacon, per pound.
Fish, per dozen.
For three months from Decemter1 /, 1887, with
privilege of renewing after the expiration of above
contract.
Bids will be opened at the Auditors Office TUES
DAY October 10, 1897 at S o'clock p. m, and
bond in the Gum of $3.50 two hundred aud fifty
dolia:s will be required by the successful bidders
By order of the Committee On Poor
oc'-id GEO. W. FISHER, Chairman.
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Thou troublest mel am not in the
vein." he eaid when invited to make q
Fourth of July GRAFTON. But he bought o
bottle of Salvation Oil, and the. National
Holiday heard from the Eagle.
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Comrnumicafion Restored.

WASHINGTON, Oct. photographic communi-
cation with Charleston, S. c., was restored at all
carly hour thia morning. Tic interruption WIS
caused by firn at Magnolia, suburb of Charles
ton, which melted all tho wires running into the
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r.. AZ d. II. II. Shares,

BA1rrMo rE Oct. 15.-Thcrc isa better feeling
in Baltimore and Ohio Railroad shares today.
There was no offering at the Stock Board, while
1 ] 6 WAS bid